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we need to city of new york to realize that this is our katrina. >> the obama administration responded to complaints that fema was late on the scene and amounted the deputy administrator will be there tomorrow and fema wants everyone who needs assistance to call. 1- 800-621-fema or disasterassistance.gov. >>> president obama was back on the campaign trail in wisconsin, but still focused on storm recovery back east. the trail. >> in new jersey yesterday and saw the devastation and you really get a sense of how difficult this is going to be for a lot of people. but you know, we've been inspired these past few days. because when disaster strikes, we see america at its best. the consumer in these times all seem to melt away. there are no democrats or republicans during the storm. just fellow americans. >> his response to the storm has earned him big praise. 78% approve of how he's dealt with the hurricane. images and headlines like this have helped, too, featuring chris christie of new jersey on a bipartisan storm damage tour together from wednesday. but not everyone's a fan of the federal
we need to city of new york to realize that this is our katrina. >> the obama administration responded to complaints that fema was late on the scene and amounted the deputy administrator will be there tomorrow and fema wants everyone who needs assistance to call. 1- 800-621-fema or disasterassistance.gov. >>> president obama was back on the campaign trail in wisconsin, but still focused on storm recovery back east. the trail. >> in new jersey yesterday and saw the...
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after hurricane katrina they chain how far houses have to be on stilts and how they construct the roadways. the thinking you have to once-in-a-lifetime storms will happen here for man once-in-a-lifetime. at breezy point house after house after house burned down. they what a tornado there in the summer, a tornado there in an area where tornadoes do not happen. whether you want to talk about it or what you want to blame it on, the weather cycles have chged. keep your politics out of my face, the weather cycles have changed. no one is passing judgment. the weather cycles have changed and we have to think different. does con-ed put their systems down in the subway? can we still construct subway systems and bridges and roads and tunnels in the same as the past in now we know this can happen in the northeast where this does not happen. a lost big thoughts coming. >> the fact i am sure people across the south, and i have received so many e-mails and twitter from people saying our hearts are with you. we know what you are going through. like you mention, folks here in the northeast, i am from cana
after hurricane katrina they chain how far houses have to be on stilts and how they construct the roadways. the thinking you have to once-in-a-lifetime storms will happen here for man once-in-a-lifetime. at breezy point house after house after house burned down. they what a tornado there in the summer, a tornado there in an area where tornadoes do not happen. whether you want to talk about it or what you want to blame it on, the weather cycles have chged. keep your politics out of my face, the...
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you saw it in new orleans with katrina. these just spontaneous explosions involving homes. and unfortunately, you've got all this water, and firefighters and first responders can't get that water -- >> yeah. to use it to put -- >> to put on the fire. it's a dangerous situation for them. and this is exactly what the mayor was trying to warn people about. don't put your first responders in danger. but this is the situation here. we're going to have much more of our continuing coverage of this superstorm. next. cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why, at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what else comes standard at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? 100% new. 100% mmm... wow, that is mmm... it's so mmm you might not believe it's a hundred calories. new yoplait greek 100. it is so good. >>> sandy is crippling new england still and parts of the mid-atlantic. >> yeah. a lot of people still dealing with
you saw it in new orleans with katrina. these just spontaneous explosions involving homes. and unfortunately, you've got all this water, and firefighters and first responders can't get that water -- >> yeah. to use it to put -- >> to put on the fire. it's a dangerous situation for them. and this is exactly what the mayor was trying to warn people about. don't put your first responders in danger. but this is the situation here. we're going to have much more of our continuing coverage...
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we saw that with katrina, for instance, and george w. bush. >> woodruff: dan, what about a role for governor romney at a time like this? >> well, it's minimal at this point. i mean he really has to remain essentially iisibe. he can't lok like he's trng to do anyingoxplit the politics of the moment. so in a sense there's more potential up side for president obama, but as susan said more potential down side for governor romney i think it is a matter of just kind of waiting and watching and then deciding at what point he can go back out. i mean one of the issues is, does this short circuit kind of the surge of energy that we've seen around the romney campaign? there's no question that there is more energy out there in the republican base and at events he's been holding. does this affect that in some way that would be detrimental to him? ese are all he questions that we n't answer tight. >> woruff: because we just don't know when they're going to be back on the trail. there's no way to gauge that. >> that's exactly right. i mean, we obviousl
we saw that with katrina, for instance, and george w. bush. >> woodruff: dan, what about a role for governor romney at a time like this? >> well, it's minimal at this point. i mean he really has to remain essentially iisibe. he can't lok like he's trng to do anyingoxplit the politics of the moment. so in a sense there's more potential up side for president obama, but as susan said more potential down side for governor romney i think it is a matter of just kind of waiting and...
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very reminiscent of what we saw in katrina. the good news is the vast majority of people who were told to evacuate did evacuate so you didn't have as many trapped people, as you might have expected, had they not done so. two people dead and one man who is still believed to be missing. savannah? >> katy tur in stonington, connecticut this morning. thank you. >> let's go to al roker on point pleasant beach along the jersey shore. al, what's the weather like there, first of all? >> it's still windy, matt, and we're getting bands of rain. let me show you something down philadelphia avenue. you see there's a lot of flooding, and folks walking through that standing water. do not do that. because you don't know what's in there. from a biohazard standpoint, from a debris standpoint, from live wires. there was a woman electrocuted in new york city walking through a puddle. do not do that. so -- but, again, we are talking about the remnants of sandy still hanging around for at least another 24 to 36 hour. as we take a look at the "today"
very reminiscent of what we saw in katrina. the good news is the vast majority of people who were told to evacuate did evacuate so you didn't have as many trapped people, as you might have expected, had they not done so. two people dead and one man who is still believed to be missing. savannah? >> katy tur in stonington, connecticut this morning. thank you. >> let's go to al roker on point pleasant beach along the jersey shore. al, what's the weather like there, first of all?...
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. >> have you covered many hurricane, katrina and isaac. compare, if you can, for us, some of the images you are seeing of sandy and images that you yourself took from those two storms? >> well, katrina was a fascinating experience, very destructive and the biggest storm i think i have seen, certainly the most destructive hurricane. i was -- dicover isaac a few months ago and irene in new york city. people are learning very quickly, the power of water. it doesn't sound that dramatic. but, boy, when you see it energized and pushed up the way sandy was, it's an awakening. >> we have had at least 69 deaths reported from sandy, so far from when it touched down in the cribbia, to here across the east coast. what about the dangers of the storms? you personally? have you ever experienced close calls? >> hurricane charlie in 2004, intensified unexpectedly and turned and came into the ponte gorda area in florida and nearly killed my partner, greg, a meteorologist and myself. i have learned to be extra careful. i was very satisfied to see how much wa
. >> have you covered many hurricane, katrina and isaac. compare, if you can, for us, some of the images you are seeing of sandy and images that you yourself took from those two storms? >> well, katrina was a fascinating experience, very destructive and the biggest storm i think i have seen, certainly the most destructive hurricane. i was -- dicover isaac a few months ago and irene in new york city. people are learning very quickly, the power of water. it doesn't sound that...
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i guess you could say, this is kind of like new york city's katrina. just devastating impacts here. this historic surge, 13 feet. all of that water coming on and those high wind gusts. worst-case scenario did pan out here, unfortunately. >> all right. mark mancuso, from accuweather. thanks for joining us this morning, mark. >>> straight ahead, more of our continuing coverage of sandy. the airlines trying to get back to normalcy. and what the red cross is doing to help out. >>> plus, more incredible video from across the storm zone, including rescues that didn't have to happen. we'll be right back. new pink lemonade 5-hour energy? 5-hour energy supports the avon foundation for women breast cancer crusade. >>> welcome back, everyone. 5 million people take the new york city subways every day. and this morning, the entire system is shut down. seven subway tunnels under the east river are flooded. and the electricity that powers -- runs the system, is turned off to contain the salt water damage. getting the trains up and running again will be a massive undertaking. >> it could be anywher
i guess you could say, this is kind of like new york city's katrina. just devastating impacts here. this historic surge, 13 feet. all of that water coming on and those high wind gusts. worst-case scenario did pan out here, unfortunately. >> all right. mark mancuso, from accuweather. thanks for joining us this morning, mark. >>> straight ahead, more of our continuing coverage of sandy. the airlines trying to get back to normalcy. and what the red cross is doing to help out....
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. >> even though this is only rated as a cat 1 storm, you say this could be worse than katrina. it's because of the size of it and the potential of the other storm system from the west, the cold air that could turn it into a nor'easter. >> right. we have a complicated weather pattern. it's a huge land area taking place that's going to be hit by this. secondly, this is going to be such a wide path for this storm that it's going to stretch the capacity of first responder agencies to get to every place it wants. it's important to take care of ourselves. don't forget each person is their own first responder. you have to take seriously your own responsibilities. that starts at getting to safety. the second thing is people, by this time, have made sure they have food and water. they have whatever important medications they need to make sure they have. they need to stay inside until it's safe to go out and public officials will let them know. battery operated radios to get information. cell phones charged up and so forth. now is the time to finish preparations and to really pay heed to
. >> even though this is only rated as a cat 1 storm, you say this could be worse than katrina. it's because of the size of it and the potential of the other storm system from the west, the cold air that could turn it into a nor'easter. >> right. we have a complicated weather pattern. it's a huge land area taking place that's going to be hit by this. secondly, this is going to be such a wide path for this storm that it's going to stretch the capacity of first responder agencies to...
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katrina being the most costly. stock exchanges are closed today most likely tomorrow. much of lower manhattan evacuated. they were supposed to report earnings tomorrow now they are doing that on thursday. can't even get a starbucks. they are closed in new york as well. >> there might be good news for grocery stores. >> we have all the stocked up this is great news for target wal-mart home depot and lowes. it is the first month of the modd model year affected. >> the northeast has a lot of refineries those could be potentially shut down. 6 are expected to shut down. that could take 7 percent of our capacity. >> and that could result in gasoline hikes and everything. >> yesterday 3.65 cents a gallon. >> thank you in the next hour. others are out there getting ready to work. >> continuing our top story hurricane sandy elizabeth pran is live in the outer banks in north carolina with an update there. high winds are whipping. she is holding her hat there. hey, elizabeth. >> we are still getting the big gusts. unexpected thely at 47 miles per hour with a cold rain. we are sta
katrina being the most costly. stock exchanges are closed today most likely tomorrow. much of lower manhattan evacuated. they were supposed to report earnings tomorrow now they are doing that on thursday. can't even get a starbucks. they are closed in new york as well. >> there might be good news for grocery stores. >> we have all the stocked up this is great news for target wal-mart home depot and lowes. it is the first month of the modd model year affected. >> the northeast...
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>> in terms of size, we chased hurricane katrina in new orleans. this won't be another hurricane katrina but a different type of storm. you'll have more widespread impacts of 70 to 80 mile-per-hour winds. a lot of power outages. a lot of coastal erosion. basically from wherever it makes landfall. it's forecast to make landfall from new jersey. anywhere from there northeast you'll have a lot of coastal erosion and rainfall in the higher elevations flash flooding can be a big problem like hurricane katrina. this is become this hybrid so you have alpha sets of extreme weather. >> thanks so much for being with us this morning. >> thanks for having me. >> here's lonnie with another check of the weather across the nation. >> i do want to start off, just touch upon what reid was saying. look at the path of this storm. how it comes in with a westerly component. that puts all that water into the new york place. nowhere to go. lawful will be somewhere around let's say atlantic city and it would be late monday night going into tuesday morning but that's the s
>> in terms of size, we chased hurricane katrina in new orleans. this won't be another hurricane katrina but a different type of storm. you'll have more widespread impacts of 70 to 80 mile-per-hour winds. a lot of power outages. a lot of coastal erosion. basically from wherever it makes landfall. it's forecast to make landfall from new jersey. anywhere from there northeast you'll have a lot of coastal erosion and rainfall in the higher elevations flash flooding can be a big problem like...
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i guess you could say, this is kind of like new york city's katrina. just devastating impacts here. this historic surge, 13 feet, all that water coming on in and the high wind gusts. worst-case scenario did pan out here unfortunately. >> all right. mark mann cue sew from accuweather. the airlines trying to get back to normalcy and what the red cau cross is doing to help out. >> plus more incredible rescues that didn't have to happen. we'll be right back. en. we'll be right back. >> announcer: "america this morning" brought to you by 5 hour energy. 5-hour energy supports the avon foundation for women breast cancer crusade. so i can get the energized feeling i need and support a great cause? i'm sold. pink lemonade 5-hour energy? yeah and a portion of every sale goes to the avon foundation for women breast cancer crusade. i'm sold. new pink lemonade 5-hour energy. get the alert, energized feeling you need and support breast cancer research and access to care. but what about your wrinkles? neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair visibly reduces fine lines and wrinkles in just one week. why w
i guess you could say, this is kind of like new york city's katrina. just devastating impacts here. this historic surge, 13 feet, all that water coming on in and the high wind gusts. worst-case scenario did pan out here unfortunately. >> all right. mark mann cue sew from accuweather. the airlines trying to get back to normalcy and what the red cau cross is doing to help out. >> plus more incredible rescues that didn't have to happen. we'll be right back. en. we'll be right back....
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this is from katrina. this is from katrina which was a major event. you see those bumps there which were september and october and then they come back the next month. then look, because it's all damage dependent, the employment level in orleans parish never came back. people don't move back and that's lasting effect from that. we don't expect that in this case. >> we want to get down to lower manhattan which is bracing for that possible major flooding and evacuations were already ordered yesterday afternoon. scott cohn has the latest. >> reporter: andrew, i can tell you things are definitely getting worse. it is high tide at the battery so that's some of what's going on here. take a look. earlier this morning if you remember, i was on a dry area here overlooking new york harbor. the water is now up to my ankles and if i go back it will be up even higher. now, if you take this and you consider high tide this evening about 12 hours from now, which is about when the storm is going to be coming through and transitioning to that extra tropical storm they'r
this is from katrina. this is from katrina which was a major event. you see those bumps there which were september and october and then they come back the next month. then look, because it's all damage dependent, the employment level in orleans parish never came back. people don't move back and that's lasting effect from that. we don't expect that in this case. >> we want to get down to lower manhattan which is bracing for that possible major flooding and evacuations were already ordered...
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americans, greta, as we saw from katrina, the worst natural disaster in american history, brought out the largest outpouring of philanthropy and volunteerism in american history as well. the american people are incredibly generous. they carry about their fellow citizens, so romney's right to be saying let's help, let's help the red cross, the salvation army, but also we're about to elect a president for the next four years, and there are lots of places in the country where he can be campaigning and should be campaigning. i think he's right. he's not going to go out and poke at president obama just like chris christie's not. nobody else is going to. but we got a really big election next tuesday. >> greta: it's sort of interesting. most of the damage is in new jersey and maryland and all these coastal states. they're not the swing states. it seems to me that there would maybe be a political advantage to governor romney because president obama is busy with those states. he can go out to colorado and minnesota, he can go to michigan, and even ohio is touched by the storm. in some ways, th
americans, greta, as we saw from katrina, the worst natural disaster in american history, brought out the largest outpouring of philanthropy and volunteerism in american history as well. the american people are incredibly generous. they carry about their fellow citizens, so romney's right to be saying let's help, let's help the red cross, the salvation army, but also we're about to elect a president for the next four years, and there are lots of places in the country where he can be campaigning...
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you're not seeing the stories like we had during katrina where it was failures on the part of the federal government's response. you don't have that negative aspect. you have chris christie, the most visible republican in the country. certainly according to the media one of the better liked ones. he's out there using his platform to vouch for the leadership of the democratic president. i think that makes a powerful statement to people. i think having bloomberg weigh in makes a pretty strong statement to people as well. and i think just -- it's tough to quantify this. i think it's impossible to quantify this. to me it creates this noise that's sort of in the air, in the media air, and sort of in the conversational air in this country. it creates noise that i think takes wavering voters who maybe were soft obama supporters or soft romney supporters, i could see it moving them, you know, a small share of people, but i could see it moving people toward obama making them more comfortable with the idea of re-electing him. if it's a 1% or something, small, but it's big in the context of this ele
you're not seeing the stories like we had during katrina where it was failures on the part of the federal government's response. you don't have that negative aspect. you have chris christie, the most visible republican in the country. certainly according to the media one of the better liked ones. he's out there using his platform to vouch for the leadership of the democratic president. i think that makes a powerful statement to people. i think having bloomberg weigh in makes a pretty strong...
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the storm surge energy numbers for this storm are stronger than hurricane katrina back in new orleans seven years ago. only difference is this is spread out over a much bigger area. puts the storm in perspective. everyone just stay safe. 4 take acold & cough...s [ buzz! ] ...and spend time on the chair. for non-drowsy 6-symptom cold & flu relief. take dayquil. use nyquil... [ ding! ] ...and get longer nighttime cough relief. use alka-seltzer plus night cold & flu... [ coughs ] [ buzz! ] [ screams ] ...and you could find yourself... honey? ...on the couch. nyquil. 50% longer cough relief. honey? ...on the couch. that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they pick up some of what medicare doesn't pay. and save you up to thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket costs. call today to request a free decision guide to help you better understand what medicare is al
the storm surge energy numbers for this storm are stronger than hurricane katrina back in new orleans seven years ago. only difference is this is spread out over a much bigger area. puts the storm in perspective. everyone just stay safe. 4 take acold & cough...s [ buzz! ] ...and spend time on the chair. for non-drowsy 6-symptom cold & flu relief. take dayquil. use nyquil... [ ding! ] ...and get longer nighttime cough relief. use alka-seltzer plus night cold & flu... [ coughs ] [...
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katrina of course at the top of the list and those numbers don't include losses from flooding. analysts are saying sandy could cause up to $20 billion in economic losses. the storm packed 80-mile-per-hour winds and hurled unprecedented 13-foot surges of sea water at new york city, flooding the tunnels, subway stations, the electrical system that powers wall street as well and at least 16 u.s. deaths have been blamed on the storm on the east coast and sandy killed 69 people in the caribbean before making its way up to the atlantic. >> jackie, we talked to people yesterday talking about the $10 billion to $20 billion and the potential losses. how do they figure this stuff out? reporters say we have to wait for first light and get an assessment of the damage. >> that's a great question. i was talking to someone at johns hop kins they look at past storms and basically estimating. that's all they can do until they have a better sense of what's happening. >> dennis gartman we talked to him earlier and said the estimates come in low are than expected. seems like the storm surge was so
katrina of course at the top of the list and those numbers don't include losses from flooding. analysts are saying sandy could cause up to $20 billion in economic losses. the storm packed 80-mile-per-hour winds and hurled unprecedented 13-foot surges of sea water at new york city, flooding the tunnels, subway stations, the electrical system that powers wall street as well and at least 16 u.s. deaths have been blamed on the storm on the east coast and sandy killed 69 people in the caribbean...
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between what we're seeing up here and what the folks down in the gulf coast experienced back in 2005 with katrina and found this online and wanted to read it and close out the week and show this way, a letter from new orleans to folks here in the northeast. it reads this "dear northeast, wow, is your week about to suck. potentially will continue to be so for many months but ultimately you'll come out it okay. people find a way. you will become very resourceful. you'll bond with your friends and neighbors in ways you never expected and you'll have a lot of love and help from the the rest of us from far away too. all that said i hope you're ready for a fight. there might be someone to tell you whatever happened it was punishment from god, you're an idiot for where you live and your homes should be abandoned, that you deserve this misery that the rest of us should not be responsible for taking care of, you're not worth saving. don't listen to those people. we know what you're going to. if you need to, call us. you can stay with us as long as you need to because when the crap flies we're all responsi
between what we're seeing up here and what the folks down in the gulf coast experienced back in 2005 with katrina and found this online and wanted to read it and close out the week and show this way, a letter from new orleans to folks here in the northeast. it reads this "dear northeast, wow, is your week about to suck. potentially will continue to be so for many months but ultimately you'll come out it okay. people find a way. you will become very resourceful. you'll bond with your...
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when we think about the center we think about the lady that is a hurricane katrina survivor. you think about being drawn or experiencing a trip of uncertainty, moving from -- speaking about what the pastor says, moving from dome to dome and ending up in a place of where, again, uncertainty starts. one stabilizing factor for her throughout the years is that the center has been there to help her cope and develop coping strategies, physical therapy to assist her with her gait that is slowing down. speaking to the some of the issues when we think about the elderly, having enough funds just for transportation to get to and from places like the center. metro access is not affordable, if you're living off of $600 to $700 a month. if you're coming to the center, you're paying $6 a day. that's quite expensive. when you think about food insecurity, by partnering with asbury united methodist church, we're able to offer balanced, nutritious meals. for the working caregiver, we give them hope and also provide them a sense of peace of mind because they can work knowing their loved ones are
when we think about the center we think about the lady that is a hurricane katrina survivor. you think about being drawn or experiencing a trip of uncertainty, moving from -- speaking about what the pastor says, moving from dome to dome and ending up in a place of where, again, uncertainty starts. one stabilizing factor for her throughout the years is that the center has been there to help her cope and develop coping strategies, physical therapy to assist her with her gait that is slowing down....
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>> the corps of engineers has a team with expertise, happened in katrina for the city of new orleans and chicago in 1992. they are at this moment in the air coming here to fly and they will be here tonight to help city planners advise him how to start first and get rid of the why. robert: back to you in the city of. melissa: you see the panel -- the tunnel completely filled with water. ashley: that is critical to the transportation story here. no one can get in or out of manhattan with transportation shutdown and the roads a mess. very difficult, unable to give any timetable but essentially more damage. let's go to new jersey talking of damage and assessing what sandy did. two million customers without power. jeff flock was in point pleasant beach in the teeth of the storm yesterday and today surveying the damage. jeff: had quite a ride. take a look. plenty of water. this street was like a river last night. is covered with water as well as stand. follow me this way, you will see there is sand all over the city streets in point pleasant beach. the other problem even though they cleare
>> the corps of engineers has a team with expertise, happened in katrina for the city of new orleans and chicago in 1992. they are at this moment in the air coming here to fly and they will be here tonight to help city planners advise him how to start first and get rid of the why. robert: back to you in the city of. melissa: you see the panel -- the tunnel completely filled with water. ashley: that is critical to the transportation story here. no one can get in or out of manhattan with...
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presidential in 2004 when he was at hurricane francis, but then we all remember the damage that hurricane katrina did to president bush. >> john we heard bill plante report that president obama cancelled that event this morning in orlando, florida, but bill clinton picked up the slack and held that rally now. now we know that bill clinton will be in seven states in the coming week. how much is that a help to the obama team? >> well, without putting too fine a point on it you can imagine the situation in which that helps quite a lot. bill clinton having received better reviews at the democratic convention than the sitting president. bill clinton is hugely popular in the democratic base. so getting those crowds out is important because in the states they take them from the events to the polling places and you grab them and you say, come knock on doors with me this weekend. spend more time volunteering to get these votes out. so it's important that the gathering function of these events continue to happen. and with bill clinton being a big draw he's the best surrogate barack obama could have in thes
presidential in 2004 when he was at hurricane francis, but then we all remember the damage that hurricane katrina did to president bush. >> john we heard bill plante report that president obama cancelled that event this morning in orlando, florida, but bill clinton picked up the slack and held that rally now. now we know that bill clinton will be in seven states in the coming week. how much is that a help to the obama team? >> well, without putting too fine a point on it you can...
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. >> many others have been dispatched from illinois to share what they learned from katrina several years ago. >> reporter: how much water do we need to pump out? >> our estimates at this point in time are 300 to 400 million gallons of water. and it's growing. >> reporter: and even though there's not as much overall as there was in new orleans, he says the job in new york is much more difficult. >> it's not the amount of water that's the problem, it's where it is. >> it's where it is, yeah. >> and where it is is underground in miles and miles of subway and road tunnels. >> some of those tunnels are up to 2 miles long. and the only points into them is at each end. and that requires us to have some pumping capabilities that perhaps reach 1/2 mile to a mile long. >> another problem, the age of the tunnels. new york's subway system is over 100 years old. >> some places we could probably pump out quicker, but we don't want to collapse the tunnel. >> the next challenge, where to pump all that water. >> largely mostly sea water. right now we're working on, it'll get pumped right back out to wher
. >> many others have been dispatched from illinois to share what they learned from katrina several years ago. >> reporter: how much water do we need to pump out? >> our estimates at this point in time are 300 to 400 million gallons of water. and it's growing. >> reporter: and even though there's not as much overall as there was in new orleans, he says the job in new york is much more difficult. >> it's not the amount of water that's the problem, it's where it is....
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bush in 2005 with katrina. many people in the bush white house cite that was the low point of his presidency. a lot of dangers also, a lot of political opportunities. >> let's get practical. early voting is happening in these states. maryland cancelled early voting for the day. how much of an impact is that especially for the obama campaign is very much -- >> they are dependent on it, talking about it, counting on it. it does have an impact. it moves romney into an awkward situation. anything he does looks blatantly political or needy he's not in the equation when the country is under siege from a massive storm. >> the president of the united states went to the fema command center which by the way was it cynical or maybe the people running the campaign said we need to get him there. the president was doing what presidents do. what does mitt romney do? >> real quickly this close to the election does it matter if they got to cancel these rallies and what about their ad? if you're wall to wall coverage in these ma
bush in 2005 with katrina. many people in the bush white house cite that was the low point of his presidency. a lot of dangers also, a lot of political opportunities. >> let's get practical. early voting is happening in these states. maryland cancelled early voting for the day. how much of an impact is that especially for the obama campaign is very much -- >> they are dependent on it, talking about it, counting on it. it does have an impact. it moves romney into an awkward...
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. >> no katrina moments for president obama and my reporting indicates there haven't been any. and mitt romney just tries to have service event and plays it down, campaigning strongly now. they both are. one of those factors we'll know more about on election day. >> we have to take a break, we'll be right back. stay with us. >>> the washington area dodge the the worst of hurricane sandy, but a lot of people faced a loss of power and downed trees. how did the region do? how did we weather the storm? how did utilities weather it, how did they prepare? >> the input we are getting is that they did pretty well that there was preparation and good response, a little bit of concern raised about the virginia situation with their power folks, pepco. a lot of people were saying a lot of different things about pepco this time than in previous storms. baltimore gas & electric. our listeners seem to be telling us that in general, they seem satisfied and people without power are not happy, we got a lot of that. there you go. >> one of the things out of this whole scenario of preparation for t
. >> no katrina moments for president obama and my reporting indicates there haven't been any. and mitt romney just tries to have service event and plays it down, campaigning strongly now. they both are. one of those factors we'll know more about on election day. >> we have to take a break, we'll be right back. stay with us. >>> the washington area dodge the the worst of hurricane sandy, but a lot of people faced a loss of power and downed trees. how did the region do? how...
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in addition to that for some people that already have post true mat yuck stress from katrina, 9/11, this brings it back some is driven by the media but also politicians that want people to be fearful so they get out of the way and save lives. >> of course. you know you don't want to underpredict and you don't want to overpredict. so they are trying to get that just right. >> what can you do? >> you should watch a show like this where the attitude is measured and nothing is hyped. but when you hear somebody talking like this, there is a storm, doesn't matter what they say. if they are talking like this your adrenaline is up. i saw on the upper west side, there were people coming out of a meat store carrying what looked like half a cow. it is like a mob mentality. i think probably like -- box of cereal and a quart of milk will get you through a couple of day. >> right. >> live on the upper west side. i was many cancerying meat but one of the people that went to the store. why am i here? >> because everybody else is here. there are lines. there is a line. >> i better go get something. what
in addition to that for some people that already have post true mat yuck stress from katrina, 9/11, this brings it back some is driven by the media but also politicians that want people to be fearful so they get out of the way and save lives. >> of course. you know you don't want to underpredict and you don't want to overpredict. so they are trying to get that just right. >> what can you do? >> you should watch a show like this where the attitude is measured and nothing is...
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he was talking a moment ago what happened during hurricane katrina and some folks being moved from there from louisiana to massachusetts. let's listen to the governor. >> randy owen from alabama to be here. [applause] he's an extraordinary guy. he will probably tell you the story about storms, tornado actually that hit his county in alabama and described why it is that he is here. we appreciate the fact that he is agreed to come entertain and bring people in who have in turn brought in goods as their cover charge if you will to be here this morning. thank you for your help and your generosity. by the way if you have a little extra, if you have more canned goods, bring them along to our victory centers that are open. but also if you can write a check to american red cross, that is welcome as well. we're looking for all the help we can get for all the families in need. thank you for your generosity. thank you for your support. i will go to work here at the table. get things sorted and boxed up and loaded in the trucks. and for the rest of you, enjoy the concert randy will put on. jenna: no
he was talking a moment ago what happened during hurricane katrina and some folks being moved from there from louisiana to massachusetts. let's listen to the governor. >> randy owen from alabama to be here. [applause] he's an extraordinary guy. he will probably tell you the story about storms, tornado actually that hit his county in alabama and described why it is that he is here. we appreciate the fact that he is agreed to come entertain and bring people in who have in turn brought in...
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then remember what happened with katrina. >> bill: down in san antonio hello, kathy. >> caller: good morning, bill. thank you for giving us a sane alternative. >> bill: to you know what. yes. >> caller: i wanted to say one of the problems was -- >> bill: hey, turn your radio or tv down in the background. >> caller: sorry. >> bill: little distracting. that's it. all right. >> caller: there are problems, situations that are too vast for the states. one being -- which was one i think one of the first accomplishments of the obama administration was the development and the dissemination of the vaccine for that new virus that popped up, h1n1. it killed the group in between and that was an unbelievable accomplishment and the democrats never brag about it. >> bill: i forgot about that. but there are many, many, many roles where things -- look at our federal interstate highway system, right? look at the air traffic air-traffic controller system. there are some things -- look at the defense of our country. but it is not just the military. there's some things -- look at our transportation syste
then remember what happened with katrina. >> bill: down in san antonio hello, kathy. >> caller: good morning, bill. thank you for giving us a sane alternative. >> bill: to you know what. yes. >> caller: i wanted to say one of the problems was -- >> bill: hey, turn your radio or tv down in the background. >> caller: sorry. >> bill: little distracting. that's it. all right. >> caller: there are problems, situations that are too vast for the states....
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bush in 2005 with katrina. many people in the bush white house say that was the low point of his presidency. a lot of dangers, also a lot of political opportunities. >> beyond the optics, let's get practical. early voting is happening in a lot of these states. we've already seen maryland cancel early voting for the day. how much of an impact is that, especial especially that the obama campaign is depending on very much? >> they are talking about it, counting on it, absolutely right, but it also leaves mitt romney back to the optics in an awkward situation. because anything he does might look so blatantly political or almost needy because he's just not in the equation when the country's under siege from a massive storm. >> what can a challenger do? >> what can he do? >> the president of the united states yesterday went to the fema command center which, by the way, was it cynical? maybe the people running the campaign were saying we need to get him there, but the president was doing what presidents do. what does
bush in 2005 with katrina. many people in the bush white house say that was the low point of his presidency. a lot of dangers, also a lot of political opportunities. >> beyond the optics, let's get practical. early voting is happening in a lot of these states. we've already seen maryland cancel early voting for the day. how much of an impact is that, especial especially that the obama campaign is depending on very much? >> they are talking about it, counting on it, absolutely right,...